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a palestinian teenager is killed in the occupied west bank. hitting rock bottom, the mining company anglo american announces plans to cut 85,000 jobs from its global work force. ♪ hello there. thank you for joining us. the united states has announced plans for an international summit on the war in syria. it will be held in new york next week. the u.s. secretary of state announced the meeting alongside united nations secretary general ban ki-moon in paris. >> we specifically talked about the process taking place now, and depending on the outcome of both the saudi-lead conference of the opposition, that is taking place in the next days, as well as a few other issues,

it's our plan to try to attend -- to have a meeting in new york on the 18th of december. >> as john kerry mentioned syria opposition groups are gathering in saudi arabia. more than a hundred delegates from dozens of rebel groups and political factions are are coming together for the summit. which should shape the base for the talks in new york next week. all of this comes as a result shows the number of foreign fighters traveling to syria has more than doubled. there were an estimated 12,000 in june last year, and as many as 31,000 today. and there is also tension between turkey and iraq, baghdad has given turkey two days to remove its troops from areas near any northern city mosul which is held by isil fighters. turkey says it will stop deploying troops to the area, but will not remove those already there. imran khan is in erbil, he says

iraq is suspicious of the intentions of regional governments. >> reporter: there has been no official reaction to this spat between turkey and baghdad over the troops coming across the border into iraq. we have heard there is a real fear that the war against isil is becoming a proxy war. that the regional powers are using iraq to fight each other. we are seeing a lot of sunni fear, and now we're hearing from certain shia mp's, they are saying we should actually bomb these turkish troops because they violated our sovereignty. so it's likely that the turkish

troops will stay. the reason he is so angry is because he is simply trying to take control of his own country. that is the view i have heard from several people. what we're also hearing is that we need -- that iraq needs to get itself together and to formulate a coalition that is talking to each other. you have a lot of disparate interests trying to fight against isil, and iraq has said this fora very long time now, that they would like that coalition to be much more unified. >> and there have been more talks between turkey and iraq to try to solve the crisis. our correspondent is in us tam bull. >> reporter: turkey's official says it will respect iraq's sovereignty, the foreign minister said he spoke with his iraqi counterpart to try to de-escalate the crisis. however turkey said it will not

withdraw its soldiers from iraq, but also promised it will not send more troops. the iraqs want all turkish troops out of iraq. turkey also said that that troop is specifically in iraq to help train and equip the iraqi forces in that area to fight isil, which took control over mosul over a year ago. turkey's president is insisting on the creation of what he calls safe zones in northern syria. he has been pushing the idea for years, but he says the plan is needed now more than ever. >> translator: we are working and creating a safe passage which we will cleanse of terrorists, whereby the moderate syrian opposition can be redeployed. this is a must at the earliest possible time. >> meanwhile the u.n.'s refugee agency has appealed to jordan to

allow in 12,000 syrian refugee stranded at the border. they say they are stuck just inside the syrian border living in deteriorating humanitarian conditions. the u.n. says it understands jordan's security concerns but says there is enough room for them at a camp in eastern jordan. a cam ranman working for al jazeera news network has died six days after being hit by shrapnel in syria. he was wounded last wednesday while covering what was meant to be a ceasefire near the city of homs. ♪ there has been wide-spread condemnation on social media over republican presidential hopeful donald trump's comments calling for a ban on muslims from entering the u.s. hillary clinton took to twitter and says:

but even members of trump's own party are hitting out. jeb bush says: the republican new york governor says: so let's hear a little of what donald trump did say. >> we could be politically correct and stupid, but it's going to get worse and worse. until we are able to determine and understand this problem, and the dangerous threat it poses, our country, cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> let's get more from kimberly

halkett in washington, d.c. some pretty outrageous statements from donald trump. what kind of reaction has there been. we have seen politicians of all persuasions have spoken out against him. but in general in the media in the u.s. what we have seen? >> donald trump is standing by his statements but what we have seen is a real deepening within the republican party of wanting to distance themselves from this. they are used to outlandish things being said on the campaign trail, but there's now seems to be sort of a new level of backlash that was -- most indicative on capitol hill. we saw paul ryan who is the speaker of the house of representatives, the lower chamber in the u.s. congress, held a press conference, and he reminded reporters and americans that there are many very dedoubt

muslims who are serving in the u.s. congress, combatting some of the extremism that mr. trump says he is also trying to combat, he also points out that they are serving in the armed forces, and working alongside americans of multiple faiths towards the same goals. bottom line, he says this is simply not reflective of conservative values and the values of the republican party. >> normally, i do not comment on what is going on in the presidential election. i will take an exception today. this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> some pretty strong words there. but correct me if i'm wrong, donald trump is still leading all of the other presidential hopefuls, isn't he? >> reporter: he is.

but you have to look at those poll numbers. this is a small percentage of remembers of the republican party, not the wider american electorate that will be voting november 2016. so this is a small minority. he is, yes, leading in the polls of those republicans who will be voting in those nominating contests starting in early 2016, and you have to remember, too, yes, he is gal venn sh -- galvanizing a small subset. but this indicates the fear that exists in response to the shootings in san bernardino, california, people who don't understand the nuances of a very complex problem and are looking for a quick and easy fix. you also need to look at this as it may be effective in the short-term, but it won't be effective in the long term.

those who observe presidential races feel that this is somehow the tipping point that these comments are being viewed by the wider american public and republicans as well as being reckless. there is awareness this is hurting some of the foreign policy interests of the united states outside of the united states. and there are a lot of republicans who are evangelical christians who are very interested in preserving religious liberty. this is a fundamental belief in the united states, and something that many republicans hold very dear. this may play well in the short-term for donald trump. he is certainly getting the media coverage he seeks, but in the long term, when it comes to actually casting the ballot, for nominating a republican, this is expected and perceived at this point that he has gone too far and this will hurt in the long term. >> we'll see.

kimberly halkett thank you. a 19-year-old palestinian man has been shot dead during a raid by the israeli army in the occupied west bank. the israeli military says its soldiers were attacked during what it describes as routine activity. clashes have erupted since his funeral. here is stephanie decker. >> reporter: the confrontation that ensued in bethlehem followed the funeral of a young man who was killed in an overnight raid by the israeli army in a refugee camp close to bethlehem. tens of thousands of palestinians marched towards rachel's tomb. this street has become a flash point over the last few months of these kind of confrontations where palestinian youth event their anger and frustration at the occupation.

when you speak to them, many will tell you the world has forgotten them. in that nothing seems to be on the table to try to push israel to end its occupation, of the occupied west bank and occupied east jerusalem. so there is a simmering frustration that is becoming the norm. the protests certainly something we see almost on a daily basis. also incidents of stabbings, alleged stabbings, car rammings, all something that is happening on a day-to-day basis. a very tense state, even in the words of u.s. secretary of state john kerry who has been very involved in trying to find a solution to this conflict he says he hasn't seen the mistrust as high as it is right now. taliban forces have attacked an airport in kandahar. several fighters have based themselves at a nearby school

and are firing at the airport. there are no reports of casualties but the battle is ongoing. our correspondent joins us live now from kabul. what do we actually know about the ongoing battle? >> reporter: barbara, just in the last few minutes we could manage to speak with two eyewitnesss at the scene. they told us that taliban attacker first taken position at the school building in the residential compound. they opened fire and other area around them, and now we believe at least one of those attackers could manage to enter a residential building and he is fighting from there and some reports are suggesting that he has some families hostage in that building also. this is a residential area compound for the afghan military, senior military officers, and also other government officials who are

working in this compound. the kandahar airport is a huge base. one side is afghan main military base, the other side is the military and civilian airport. and it's the main headquarter for afghan forces and for foreign forces that are operating in southern afghanistan. and it's supposed to be one of the safest areas in southern afghanistan, but we are seeing now, the taliban can manage to enter that location too. >> very symbolic location. you'll be monitoring all of the developments for us at the moment. thank you. still lots more to come here on al jazeera. ♪ the eagles of death metal performance in paris just weeks after the massacre at the theater. and the tiny caribbean

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time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the united states has announced plans for all of the countries involved in the syrian peace process to meet next friday in new york. meanwhile turkey is to stop deploying troops to northern iraq, but is refusing to withdrawal forces that are already there. and the u.s. republican presidential hopeful donald trump has sparked international

furry after calling for a complete ban on muslims entering america. russia is continuing to ramp up its presence in the middle east, moving military assets closer to the region. a russian submarine equipped with cruise miss ills has arrived in the mediterranean near the syrian coast. and has been bringing in reinforcements near the turkish border. a base has been reinforced with attack and transport helicopters. rory challands has more now on the significance of the move. >> reporter: the ethnically mixed region has historically been with the ottoman empire and the russian empire have clashed. now, of course they are separated. armenia is russia's ally, [ inaudible ] is turkey's and

the two countries have an unresolved and still occasionally deadly conflict. now it is a place to watch for increased tension. now the handful of attack and transport helicopters that russia has sent to one of its armenia air bases is not in and of itself a huge military build up, but more are following by the end of the year, and turkey will of course be watching closely. the american rock band that was performing during last month's attacks in paris has made an emotional return to the city to perform at a u-2 concert. [ cheers and applause ] >> the band performed to a packed arena, playing a rendition of people have the power, along with u-2.

a state of emergency has been in place in france since the coordinated attacks three weeks ago. 90 people died at the theater where the band had been playing. the mining company, anglo american says it is cutting almost two thirds of its entire work force. the company had been hit hard by falling commodity prices. it now plans to slim down to cope and will close or sell around half of its mines. anglo american's share price fell a further 8% after the announcement. cameroon says none of the schoolgirls who were kidnapped by boko haram last year is among the 900 hostages freed last week. cameroon says they are all villagers. boko haram took 200 schoolgirls from their dormitory last april.

the southern indian city is cleaning up after its worst flooding in more than 100 years. now attention is turning to why it caused so much damage. critics are blaming the government for failing to prepare adequately. >> reporter: this woman has lived here for as long as she can remember. there's not much left of the place she calls home. but like many of her neighbors, she is not surprised. her neighborhood is in a low-lying area. it was right in the path of last week's floods. >> translator: why did the government build us a house in this low-lying area? to give one to those who didn't have a house, they built houses in the riverbeds and we came here. if the lake is open, it will flood this place, then where will we go? >> reporter: as she picks through the remains of her home, across her neighborhood, there

are signs of why it wasn't able to cope. like many indian cities, it doesn't have the capacity to deal with the crisis of this magnitude. >> probably for the [ inaudible ] taken in line with [ inaudible ] too bad waters and good waters [ inaudible ] roads properly laid up and ready for this kind of a calamity, we could have at least saved a little more damage that what was already done. >> reporter: last week coastal areas received a month's worth of rain in just a few days. experts say this devastation is not only the result of unexpectedly heavy rainfall, but also poor city planning. >> if you go in the city, the flooded areas of the city, you will see most of them are low-lying areas or in lakes or marsh land, wetland, so most of the areas are effected because of this, and [ inaudible ]

authority should have taken enormous caution before giving them license and approval for construction of buildings. in most of these places the areas that i just mentioned [ inaudible ] buildings have come up. >> reporter: it is one of the country's most developed cities, but this flood caught authorities unaware and unprepared. these scenes are a timely reminder to the rest of india of the need to do more to prevent such disasters, so millions of people like this woman, can live without fear their homes will be flooded. venezuela opposition party say they will use their new majority in parliament to push through an amnesty law to free jailed political activists. the coalition of the center right parties won more than twice the number of seats as the socialists in sunday's election. lucia newman report.

>> reporter: the people of venezuela awoke to calm after an electoral storm that has profoundly changed this oil-rich nation. and it's precisely change that many in this poor neighborhood say they are betting on. >> translator: with the national assembly in the hands of the opposition, if chavez was still in power, things wouldn't have deteriorated like this. >> translator: i don't have running water in my house. no money for food. or for clothes for the children. >> reporter: 24 hours after the polls, the electoral council has still not confirmed the final tally. [ applause ] >> reporter: but an impatient opposition announced it had won a stunning two-thirdest majority. the wave of anger expressed at the poll has been like a political tsunami. but now people are telling us

the real issue is how this will impact their daily lives, and what will it take to revert this country's economic meltdown. newly elected deputies say the economy and amnesty for jailed politicians will be their first priorities when the new assembly convenes on january 5th. >> translator: the disaster these people have created is such that we have to start working right now on the agenda that we will preve -- present t the nation. >> translator: but the president insists that what we calls the counter revolution has already won a temporary battle. back in this rubbish infested neighborhood, people are more interested in the pace of economic recovery. >> translator: we all know venezuela is dependent on oil and that the price is still dropping. >> reporter: nevertheless, he says giving the opposition a vote of confidence is at least a

start. lucia newman. less than a week after smog lifted over beijing leaving clear blue skies, china's capitol is now back under a thick cloud of pollution. schools are closed and millions of cars are banned from the city's streets. china is the world's biggest emitter of green gas emissions. the government has promised to tackle the problem. this as the u.n. climate talks continue in paris and the tiny arbeeian island of aruba is pushing to become totally energy independent within the next five years. >> reporter: they call aruba the happy island. and for a place that relies almost entirely on tourism it is an apt nickname.

but it is also getting a reputation for something most visitors are unaware of. >> i have a whole section here that -- that takes care of all of the water. >> reporter: it's a goal that this environmentalist has been promoting for years. a hotel on the edge of the beaches is as eco friendly as they become. a philosophy he says helps his business and the environment. >> i always to my customers, feel good because you probably wasting less energy in coming on -- on vacation to aruba than probably spending it at home. >> reporter: but the path hasn't been easy. energy prices were rising steeply, thousands of barrels of diesel were being imported daily, and the local oil refinery closed its doors in 2012. for a volcanic island just off of the coast of venezuela, aruba

has more than its fair share of power sources. but officials say by the end of 2016 almost half of the electricity to this island will be supplied by wind power, and that say the government makes them a leader in green technology. the government says the changes such as scrapping old steam turbines and embracing solar power cost $300 million. but officials say it's their global partners that made all of the difference. >> they have come together in support of what aruba does, but also basically adding their message to an effort that is not only important for aruba but i would say for the world. >> reporter: since the move to greener technology, electricity prices have dropped 25%, inflation has been reversed and aruba is close to paying off the money it borrowed to make the changes. by 2020 it may be the nation that others turn to as an

example of what green really means. well, you can see that report and more on our website. we also have a lot of information of course about the climate change meeting takes place in paris. all of that and more on the website, aljazeera.com. we have no idea if they want to bomb us. >> donald trump taking his rhetoric to a whole new level calling on a ban of all muslims. we take a look at political fallout. the house getting ready to vote on the crack down of visas. all of this in the nation of nation the security. the supreme court tackles a voting rights case that could bring about a major shift in power. and once again dozens say they got six at eating at chipotle. ♪